Interesting piece from The Washington Times.

Republicans yesterday blamed bias for the American Bar Association's decision to downgrade a Bush judicial nominee's rating from "well-qualified" to "qualified," before a second hearing demanded by Democrats.

"It's telling that the only thing that lowered his rating was his service in the Bush White House," a Republican aide on the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday. "And the group that lowered it is more partisan than the ABA represents itself."

A 14-member ABA committee changed Brett M. Kavanaugh's rating last month in part because six members downgraded their rating from the last time the White House aide was reviewed, panel Chairman Steven Tober said.

Nonetheless, Mr. Tober wrote yesterday to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Mr. Kavanaugh is "indeed qualified to serve on the federal bench."

However, Democrats don't care if someone is qualified to server on the federal bench, just as long as they are liberal.